Singapore: City Farmer, Bjorn Low’s Video Story on ‘Game Changers’

When Edible Garden City’s Bjorn Low first started out as a farmer here, he had one big problem: Where to find (affordable) land in Singapore?

By Steffi Koh
Channel News Asia
Mar 5, 2017

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An opportunity arose when Spa Esprit Group’s CEO Ms Cynthia Chua approached Mr Low, 36, and together with French chef Benjamin Darnaud – a believer in growing one’s own vegetables – they started Open Farm Community, a restaurant set in an urban farm on Minden Road.

“Urban farming in Singapore was previously unheard of,” said Ms Chua. “But now there is a momentum, there is a rhythm, and it was started because of people who are passionate about it like Bjorn.”

As Mr Low’s business partner, she helped put Edible Garden City on the radar of dining establishments such as the Tippling Club and Jamie’s Italian, encouraging them to use herbs grown in Singapore like cinnamon basil and white pea flowers.